As fintech companies expand access to online financial services and innovative offerings, their activities are generating an increasingly rich stream of data about Americans’ financial lives. Our data identify us and define us to the many services we opt into, from bill pay and direct deposit to newer tools such as Mint, RocketMortgage and Coinbase.…
After Thursday’s 724-point drubbing, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is now down 4.3% this month. The S&P 500 Index is up slightly so far in March. The Dow is on pace for its worst March performance since 2001. The worst performer this month among the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average …
Would Americans really rather go naked than wear fur? Not by a long shot. The City of San Francisco announced this week it’s banning the sale of animal fur products. The ordinance was made by the city’s Board of Supervisors, a legislative body in the city. It will take effect July 1. Vendors found to…
For these people, being employed in a risky line of work doesn’t lead to getting better benefits. More than half of roofers nationwide (50.5%) don’t have health insurance, according to an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data from career website Zippia. Other professions in the construction industry carry similarly high non-insured rates: Only…
Happy Wednesday, MarketWatch! Here are the top personal finance stories of the day. Personal Finance Mark Zuckerberg finally speaks about privacy violations — 5 other things Facebook should change right now The biggest social network on the planet should seriously consider updating these practices. How driverless cars could save lives even sooner than we think…
By Spring is here — and with it comes the most popular time of year to shop for a home. But if prospective home buyers don’t prepare properly, they could be in for an agonizing search. Across the country, many housing markets are seeing a record low number of homes up for sale thanks…
Self-driving cars are under intense scrutiny following the first pedestrian fatality involving a driverless vehicle, but some research suggests that getting autonomous vehicles on the road as soon as possible will save lives — even if they’re only slightly safer than human-piloted cars. Uber halted testing of its self-driving vehicles after a 49-year-old woman was…
www.localfitness.com.au Getting healthy is a lot like good investing — it is incredibly easy in theory and very difficult in reality because we are constantly getting barraged with emotional biases that tempt us to do things that are against our best interests. I really liked an article by Noah Smith at Bloomberg about why money…
Homeowners with home equity loans may be reaping the benefits of deducting interest paid in 2017, but they shouldn’t get used to it. The new tax reform law drastically changed how the tax code will treat home equity debt — but few consumers understand how that change will affect their tax bill. Only 4.4% of…
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova has made an apparent pay gap her latest opponent. After seeing fellow tennis champion John McEnroe on a list of highest-paid broadcasting talent at the BBC, Navratilova said she is paid a fraction of his salary for covering the U.K. Wimbledon tennis tournament. McEnroe reportedly makes between 150,000 pounds and 199,999…